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In order to not appear more vulnerable to predators, laboring moms will hide their signs for as long as possible.

Newborn giraffe calf take first steps

As with the case of April the giraffe superstar , this makes it hard to tell when a giraffe is laboring until she goes into active labor, or until the hooves show. Early labor could last for days. After that six-foot plummet to the ground, that baby giraffe is going to be hungry. She will start nursing from her mother as soon as she can stand up on those spindly legs of hers. Did you know any of this about giraffe labor and birth?

Five things you didn’t know about Giraffe births

Thank you! Get the best LittleThings. All rights reserved. A viral live feed showing April the giraffe giving birth at Animal Adventure Park in upstate New York finally came to a climax Saturday morning, after almost two months of continuous viewership from around the world.

The stream originally faced controversy after tens of millions tuned in on its first weekend live. See the rare sight of a gelada monkey birth , captured by a National Geographic photographer.

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But while this young giraffe is thriving—and will be up and running very soon—the population of giraffes worldwide is declining. Read more about animals raised in wildlife sanctuaries and zoos.

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Giraffes are endangered. Over the past 15 years, numbers of the world's tallest animal have plummeted from an estimated , to a low of about 80, That's a shockingly precipitous drop from the possibly more than 2 million animals that roamed the continent years ago, according to the Namibia-based Giraffe Conservation Foundation.

The giants strike many as so gentle and unobtrusive—quietly grazing on treetops, bending down to touch noses with a newborn—that discovering that they too, like most of the world's megafauna, are headed toward extinction seems counterintuitive, especially considering the recent outpouring of love for the creatures. Like many other creatures the world over, the long-necked herbivores have declined mostly due to habitat loss and threats from the growing human population, such as poaching. Spending most of the day eating, a full-grown giraffe consumes over 45 kg lb.

The male giraffe is both taller and heavier than the female. Both sexes have skin-covered knobs, called ossicones, on the top of their heads.

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Female ossicones are smaller and have a small tuft of fur on top, while male ossicones are bald on the top. When giraffes walk, they move both legs on one side of their body and then both legs on the other side; this is unique to giraffes. However, they run in a similar style to other mammals, swinging their rear legs and front legs in unison. Giraffes sleep less than two hours a day.

In general, they sleep with their feet tucked under them and their head resting on their hindquarters, but they can also sleep for short periods of time standing up. Female giraffes can become pregnant at 5 years old.